Mekong Meja Tulis by Tran Nguyen Bao Khoi

Mekong Meja Tulis by Tran Nguyen Bao Khoi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Gangsa in Desain Parabot Competition Category.

GangsaParabot· 2020

Mekong Meja Tulis

by Tran Nguyen Bao Khoi

Client: Khoi

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Parabot Category

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The Design

About Mekong Meja Tulis

Rancangan iko adolah meja tulis, untuak urang nan suko kasadohano. Bantuaknyo mangingatkan siluet parahu kayu di Delta Mekong. Salain manunjuakkan teknik patukangan kayu tradisional, rancangan iko juo manunjuakkan kamungkinan produksi massal. Bahan nan digunoan adolah kombinasi dari kayu alami, detail logam nan halun dan tekstur kasar dari kulik. Ukuran: 1600W x 640D x 762H.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

Mekong Meja Tulis adolah pamenang A' Design Award Gangsa, sabuah pangakuan nan sangaik bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan cemerlang nan dicirikan dek kreativitas, kacerdikan jo kabijaksanaan. Pamenang Gangsa adolah karya nan cukuik mahir jo kreatif sacaro mangesankan nan mamastikan pangalaman nan luas, imajinasi jo kacerdikan parancangnyo. Mekong Meja Tulis dipaokan manjadi bando nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan profesional jo inovatif sacaro nampak. Rancangan nan manang Gangsa iko mamuek praktik tabaik dalam seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi jo cemerlang dalam parhatian ka rincian. Mekong Meja Tulis mamanuhi kaparluan jo elok, manyantuah karinduan, mamikaik parasaan jo manarik raso ingin tahu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This design is a writing desk, for those who like simplicity. It is a combination of the familiar rustic wooden boat image on the Mekong River with modern design lines. Beside showing the ingenuity of traditional carpentry in making, it also show the possibility of mass production.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimension: 1600W x 800D x 762H. The desk parts are removable for packaging and shipping.
Tags: mekong river, mekong delta, wood boat, wood desk, boat inspiration
Production Technology: The desk is made by solidwood, that is combination of the shine of metal and the roughness of leather and wood .. In other options about material, the designer even wants to show the surface of table body and table legs as harsh as the wooden boat shell, bring emotions to the touch.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part of this design activity is to pick out the simplest, most familiar of river life to become the mark of the design. Selective detail shown to be commercial; trying to strike a balance between crafting and mass production.
Research: When the world gets closer and closer together, one can see similar designs everywhere. But human nature is like exploring, listening to stories they never knew. Local cultural identity is also a resource for creativity. At artwork, the designer wants to talk about a rich Mekong Delta, with simple and gentle people; they choose wooden boats as their homes.
Inspiration: The artwork gets inspiration from the shape of wood boats on Mekong river, which flows through Vietnam. The designer has his own opinion: When someone is sitting at work, his mind is like a boat going, it needs a good captain with wisdom, concentration, and cultivate knowledge constantly.
Project Duration: It has never appeared at any exhibition.
Operation Flow: The desk drawer can be opened with a light press. The gold-plated tray holds your phone, tablet or something small..